Here goes...X-Kilt attempt the first

[eponas-wild-daughter]

Sigh...

Things are not going well - either my copy has a typo or I can't do math. The over-apron strip has been kicking my *** for a week (I just started chalking the pleats out today - seriously).

Can someone explain to me how a 3-inch wide strip of fabric can have a 2-inch wide strip of Velcro sewn onto it and still leave 1.25 inches at the top of the strip AND (going by the pic) what looks like around a half-inch at the bottom?

In the end I got so annoyed with the unpicking I decided to roll with it and my Velcro is now almost flush to the lower edge of the strip with around an inch at the top - is this OK?

Also...you know how I'm doing this by hand? Well thank god I'm using red fabric, I keep stabbing my fingers! Argh!

DISCLAIMER - I am not totally useless, things would have progressed farther but I also hemmed the strip and sewed half the Velcro on before I realised (DUH) that my strip was now only 2.75 inches wide and had to unpick and start again, so I have done a lot of sewing just most of it was useless and had to be undone. Also I am busy and teenagers a week away from their exams are demanding little monsters. Justification over - please help and try to think of me as not being a complete moron.